Improvement in dumping-wagons



C. F. PARKER. DUMPING WAGON.

A1\I0.Y1oz,426.' Patented AprQ 26,1870- ta'teg parte one.

CHARLEsRPAI'iKE-R, or G'REENF'IELD, omo.

Lenm Paten: No.'1o2,42`c, met Aprtrze, 1810.

I, CHARLES F. PARKER, of Greenfield, Highland county, Ohio, haveinvented certain Improvements in Wagon-Boxes for Conveying,r Gravel andDirt, of which tile following is a, specification.

4 .,Zjll'ature Land Object.

My invention relates to the bed of n wagon-box arranged sothat vitnmy beunloaded from the seat with -facility :md little lnbor, and withoutstopping the team.

.Letters- A in Figure 1 represent planks of uniform width turningonpivots at. enen end, snid pivots extending from the planks nearest oneedge, .so that, when not otherwise supported, they will swing to a.vertical position.

The pivots work in slots ent into wooden rails B, which ure fastened tothe ends oi' the box, the slots covered with :i beveled cleat.

C, in Figure 2, represents an iron bar extending across the bed underthe planks, and operated on the left with odonble hinge, D, which isfastened tothe side of the box, nl on the right with ahund-lever, E,

which is Sec red in a notched bolt', G, by the pin H, fig. 1. F aresmall staple-books driven into thev'swinging edge of the planks ot- 'a-nangle of flirty-five degrees,

the books opereting in the bnr (l. v t

To discharge 'the load, withdraw the piu H, push the lever clezn' of thegain G, when the weiglitot' the loud, resting principally ou'one edgeofthe planks, will throw them to a, vertical iosition, nllowinor thenwel l e g to pass through, (shown in fig. 2,.dot-ted lines.)

B v drawing the lever.to its lock, the planks ure brought to a.horizontal position by the hooks F, the v bur O forming a substantialsupport for the planken@ shcwnby fig. 2, full lilies.

Hoving described Amy invention above, What I chum, and wish to secure byLettersPateut, is-

lhe wagonfbed, made of' narrow plankspvoted 'at the ends su as to openand close,'as describedpthe some consisting of-tile planks A, piveted.in the slotted mi! B, connected, by the staple-hooks F,'to the bjnr C,

which is connected in turn to the lever E, substantially :is described:mdl shown.

1 vCHAS.-F. PARKIR Witnesses:

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S. H. WmTxEY.

